Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum

The work in the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum entrance seems to be almost done, and it looks good. This is a picture of a new display they have. Obviously you can’t tell from the picture, but both figures move. There is a man who appears to have 3 legs. In the cage is [...]

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As you read on Saturday, I went to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum to see the sword swallower. This was the second year that they did it, and I thought Vanessa Neil was better than Riley Schillaci, last year’s performer. I can’t really explain what I didn’t like about Riley, but she just didn’t [...]

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Graham on March 1st, 2010

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Think your line of work got hurt in the recession? Try sword swallowing.
“The last few years have been tough, economically. People aren’t going to pay $1,000 to have a sword swallower at their kids’ birthdays,” said Vanessa Neil, who shocked a Niagara Falls crowd Saturday when she downed a 24-inch sword [...]

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Graham on October 20th, 2009

Someone with a Blogger blog has posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls:
My dad was superpumped that Chris and I decided to go to Niagara Falls for Thanksgiving weekend, as he was under the impression that it’s the engagement capital of Canada.
I don’t know if that’s the case, but I made it clear that [...]

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Graham on August 19th, 2009

Someone with a Wordpress blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls:
The past weekend, my family and I along with friends visited Niagara falls for a one night stay. We got a fun pass and went  to Clifton Hill, where we went to the Midway, the Haunted House, a Ferris Wheel, Ripley’s moving theater,  [...]

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From the Niagara Falls Review:
The first time Riley Schillaci stuck a sharp metal object down her throat was fine.
The second time … not so good.
“I went to show my friend -I was 14 and we had been pigging out on candy all night,” recalls the Rochester, N. Y. resident. “So at that point I wretched! [...]

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From the Ripley’s Newsroom:
More than a dozen sword swallowers at seven Ripley’s Believe It or Not! museums worldwide will be performing shows at 2:28 p.m. on February 28, International Sword Swallowers Awareness Day. More than 30 feet of solid steel is set to go down the hatch – hopefully without a scratch!…
On February 28, SSAI [...]

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